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October 5th. — A flock of about forty Bean Geese seen near 

 Silloth. I found the remains of a pied Lapwing, which had 

 apparently been killed by a Falcon (W. Nichol). 



7th. — Three Eed-breasted Mergansers seen near Silloth (W. 

 Nichol). 



12th. — Fieldfares seen at Stanwix (L. E. Hope). 



I4th. — Two Little Stints seen near Skinburness (W. Nichol). 



17th. — Redwings arrived at Windermere (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



19th. — Pied Lapwing seen near Skinburness (W. Nichol). 

 Bramblings arrived at Windermere (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



'21st.— Male Goosander in change of plumage near Bowness 

 (Rev. L. D. Mitton). 



22nd.— Large numbers of Redwings in a wet field near Stan- 

 wix (L. E. Hope). 



23rd. — A Honey-Buzzard was shot at Scotby to-day. This 

 species has not been reported in Cumberland for about forty 

 years (A. Sutton). 



30th. — Snow-Bunting and several Bewick's Swans reported 

 near Silloth during October (W. Nichol). 



November 5th. — Beautiful pied Lapwing, almost wholly white, 

 near Silloth (W. Nichol). 



7th. — A Swallow was seen at Silloth (Mr. Romney). 



8th. — A small flock of Bramblings at Silloth (W. Nichol). 



17th. — A Fork-tailed (Leach's) Petrel was picked up in an 

 exhausted condition at Stanwix. It died the following day 

 (A. Sutton). 



24th. — Several Fork-tailed Petrels noted in the Lake District 

 (W.E. B. Dunlop). 



December 7th. — A flock of eight Grey Lag Geese were seen near 

 Silloth. Large numbers of Wigeon are on the Solway (W. Nichol). 



12th. — Great Phalarope shot on the Solway (0. Wilde). 



28th-29th. — Tens of thousands of Lapwings flying from north 

 to south across the Solway during snowstorm (W. Nichol). 



29th. — A Smew was obtained on Windermere (W.E. B. Dunlop). 



30th. — About fifty Bewick's Swans, eighty Bean Geese, twenty 

 Bernacle Geese, several thousands of Oystercatchers, and a few 

 Mallards were congregated on a small patch of sand near An- 

 thorn, sheltering during the storm (W. Nichol). 



